Chapter 482: Scrolling Subtitles, May This Journey End at the Stars

Stelle: "I actually got tricked by Black Swan again."

Stelle: "I really thought this was some magical guide card!"

Stelle: "Turns out it's just an empty Light Cone!!"

Furina: "Um, sorry..."

Furina: "Excuse me, but what exactly is a Light Cone?"

Dr. Ratio: "It's the Family's technology, used to seal away a person's memories."

Hu Tao: "Just this tiny little... card."

Hu Tao: "And it can actually preserve a person's memories?"

Hu Tao: "That really is quite a remarkable feat."

March 7th: "What's even more remarkable is that, through the Light Cone, we can be personally on the scene and experience the memory stories within."

March 7th: "I just didn't expect that, while Miss Black Swan was saying she was giving Stelle a gift as an apology, after all that fuss she still wanted to collect her memories?"

Black Swan: "Her memories are one of a kind; as a Mnemophore, I simply cannot resist such a temptation."

Black Swan: "However, I didn't act this way entirely because I wanted to obtain her one-of-a-kind memories."

Black Swan: "As someone who witnessed the entire Penacony incident, Stelle's memories should contain the clues I need."

Black Swan: "Through these clues, we may finally learn the cause of the current anomalies."

Stelle: "Alright then, I won't hold it against you."

Stelle: "Let's see if we can actually find anything next."

The video continues.

Black Swan's explanation continues.

【But... that is not its most essential function.】

【A Light Cone is a slice of light used to encapsulate and solidify phenomena, and this empty Light Cone is no exception.】

【It can engrave your memories in their most vivid form, and then... become unique recollections for me to admire and toy with.】

【All things in the world arise from the power of spirit and soul—this power is precisely memory.】

【If we are to avoid being left behind by the world, we must make the world remember us.】

【Or, reshape the world with our memories.】

Paimon: "Reshape... the world with memories??"

Paimon: "Sounds incredibly impressive."

Paimon: "Could this be the true purpose of the Mnemophores?"

Black Swan: "Miss Paimon's intuition is very sharp."

Black Swan: "Indeed, the reason Mnemophores tirelessly record the memories of the universe is, above all, to prepare for the worst."

Black Swan: "Various anomalies indicate that this universe will face a great calamity in the future."

Black Swan: "To prevent civilization from perishing completely after the great calamity, we Mnemophores strive to collect memories."

Black Swan: "So that, at that time, we can use these memories to reshape the entire world."

Stelle: "Reshaping the universe through memories... sounds like it has some logic to it."

Stelle: "But when it comes to actually doing it, I don't think it's very reliable."

March 7th: "Come to think of it, isn't the philosophy of the Remembrance Aeon basically this?"

The video continues.

【Life may seem long, yet only a handful of memories brimming with power can be extracted: joy or sorrow, lightness or weight... but you are different, Stelle.】

【Memory is the reflection of the future.】

【From that reflection, I can see your one-of-a-kind worth.】

【You can create memories that would captivate the world....】

【Your memories can mirror the future direction of the universe.】

【And those memories... will shine as brilliantly as the stars visible through this porthole.】

Stelle: "Got it, I'm a Stellaron prophecy machine."

Stelle: "Through my memories, you can see the future of the universe."

Stelle: "Tsk tsk tsk... suddenly I've got an idea to make a fortune."

Stelle: "What do you think, I make multiple copies of my memories with a Light Cone, then sell them at a high price to members of the Family? Wouldn't that make me rich?"

March 7th: "???"

March 7th: "Stelle, that train of thought of yours..."

March 7th: "Is just that different from normal people!"

March 7th: "But... I don't think your method would work."

March 7th: "The Family shouldn't collect the same memories twice, right?"

Stelle: "Then... every so often, I'll seal a new segment of my memories into a Light Cone."

Stelle: "Then hold an auction among the Mnemophores?"

Stelle: "Highest bidder wins!"

Miss Qingque: "Stelle, you're truly a business prodigy!"

Miss Qingque: "If I were to start a company."

Miss Qingque: "I'd absolutely have to hire you as Chief Operating Officer."

Black Swan: "Auction off your one-of-a-kind memories?"

Black Swan: "Hehe, how interesting. It really is just like you."

The video continued.

【Help me take a look, am I about to ascend?】

Black Swan's words were far too cryptic,

making Stelle feel as though she herself was about to ascend into a Stellaron.

【The memories tied to you that I hold are still too few, far from enough to help me divine a future so distant.】

【However, there is one thing I can tell you — the reason I favor you so lies at a deeper level.】

【The reason is simple — in this grand and gaudy dream of the family, only you witnessed the whole thing firsthand.】

Black Swan explained.